in Berlin, Mohrenstrasse, or Moor Street, has been at the heart of intense political debate for decades. Postcolonial activists and organizations say the word ‘Mohr’ is derogatory and racist towards Black people. They have been advocating for the city to rename it. And earlier this month they got their wish. Our reporter Nehal Johri was there at a ceremony in central Berlin as the street became Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Strasse – in honor of Germany’s first African-born scholar.
00:00 Berlin’s Mohrenstraße renamed to honor Anton Wilhelm Amo
04:07 DW speaks with Joshua Kwesi Aikins, political scientist and senior fellow at the Africa Policy Research Institute
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